Between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., Wal-Mart is also guaranteeing that customers who are already inside its store and waiting online will be able to buy three special deals -- Apple iPad2 16GB with Wi-Fi for $399 plus get a $75 WalMart gift card; Emerson®32" 720p LCD TV for $148 and LG Blu-ray Player for $38. MacNaughton said the Wal-Mart is offering that guarantee because it has enough inventory of those three products to meet the anticipated demand.

Phase 3: On Black Friday, Wal-Mart's deals, which roll out at 5 a.m., mostly focus on home goods, jewelry, tires and furniture.

Wal-Mart is also offering separate Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday deals on electronics, TVs and toys that will only be available online.

I wonder what model the $40 LG bluray is, would be great if it had Vudu.

I also just bought the God of War Saga for $20 from GameStop, not sure if its worth waiting to open it to save $5 plus the hassle it will take.

robby69

Senior Member - 7K

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 7:55a

All of these different times etc., is going to confuse the average WalMart shopper.

geezlouise

Senior Member - 1K

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 8:08a

WalMart did this last year and it worked very well to control the crowd surges and mitigate the potential for any stampeding incidences, as has happened in the past.

My local WalMart was actually open on Thanksgiving Day so no need to stand in line or in the cold to enter the store at midnight or 5 AM. Once inside, it was easily marked with balloons and signs where certain BF deals were located. The top items were spread out throughout the store (not necessarily in their regular department area) to further control the crowds. You could shop for general items or pick up a voucher for a specific BF deal and wait in that designated line until the time came for the deal to start.After all the deals were activated (sometime after midnight), the checkout lines did start to get long but otherwise it was a controlled and easy BF shopping experience.I was extremely impressed with how this staggered approach worked and commend WalMart for employing this strategy.I will certainly shop there again this year.

FWIW - I did not find it confusing at all. There were also Greeters at the entrance to the store handing out a flyer that had a map of where all the big deals were located. Kudos again to WalMart..

tajar96

Addicted Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 8:39a

Thanks OP

LetsGoMets1

Cranky Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 8:40a

robby69 said: All of these different times etc., is going to confuse the average WalMart shopper.

lol. That is assuming of course that they know how to tell time in the first place. And what about the WalMart employees? I think it may confuse many of them too.

pdiggity

Ancient Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 8:41a

Hmm, let me think, i can by a Nexus 10 for $399 in a week or I can wait for the outdated iPad 2. Thats a tough one. Or wait, i can just get a mini ipad 2 for nearly as much. NOT.

At this time of the year, my favorite vids on Y0utube are the BF frenzies at Wa1mart and BB stores. For some reasons I get a kick out of looking at the such human behavior.

LORENW

Packer Backer Deal-Seeker

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 10:21a

Anyone know the model number of the Sharp 70 inch for $1800 ??

TheNewbGuy

Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 10:28a

stores are opening earlier and earlier, pretty soon it will take over thanksgiving dinner. thanks for the info op

FINDMEDEALS2003

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 10:39a

i sorry but i think any opening on thanksgiving is wrong they can at least leave one day for families to be together ..of course people on here will disagree but i think thanksgiving and christmas you can stay home and be with family

speedrx

Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 10:42a

LORENW said: Anyone know the model number of the Sharp 70 inch for $1800 ??

Must be the LC-70LE640U or similar, it is a non-3D, 120 MHZ model, still a great price for this TV.

greenearth

Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 10:43a

not bad. did not see their usual corelle dinner set deal though??

yesidonoitall

Mandatory 20%

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 10:46a

FINDMEDEALS2003 said: i sorry but i think any opening on thanksgiving is wrong they can at least leave one day for families to be together ..of course people on here will disagree but i think thanksgiving and christmas you can stay home and be with family

You can eat your together meal anytime of the day.Isn't the buck more important than the loving?

cigga24 said: I wonder what model the $40 LG bluray is, would be great if it had Vudu.

I also just bought the God of War Saga for $20 from GameStop, not sure if its worth waiting to open it to save $5 plus the hassle it will take.

It will surely be a scaled down model to sell for $40.00

michellebellbell

New Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 10:49a

Thanks OP! Yes!

yesidonoitall

Mandatory 20%

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 10:50a

robby69 said: All of these different times etc., is going to confuse the average WalMart shopper.

Speak for yourself, I am not in the average category.

yesidonoitall

Mandatory 20%

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 10:53a

I wonder if the Paypal price guarantee will work on this somehow?

SteveM13

New Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 10:55a

geezlouise said: WalMart did this last year and it worked very well to control the crowd surges and mitigate the potential for any stampeding incidences, as has happened in the past.

My local WalMart was actually open on Thanksgiving Day so no need to stand in line or in the cold to enter the store at midnight or 5 AM. Once inside, it was easily marked with balloons and signs where certain BF deals were located. The top items were spread out throughout the store (not necessarily in their regular department area) to further control the crowds. You could shop for general items or pick up a voucher for a specific BF deal and wait in that designated line until the time came for the deal to start.After all the deals were activated (sometime after midnight), the checkout lines did start to get long but otherwise it was a controlled and easy BF shopping experience.I was extremely impressed with how this staggered approach worked and commend WalMart for employing this strategy.I will certainly shop there again this year.

FWIW - I did not find it confusing at all. There were also Greeters at the entrance to the store handing out a flyer that had a map of where all the big deals were located. Kudos again to WalMart..

I agree completely with this entire post. Everything was exactly the same at my Wal-Mart.

yesidonoitall

Mandatory 20%

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 10:56a

And as with many BF models from other retailers, WM will not have the ones in stock now featured on BF.

tajar96

Addicted Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 11:01a

Let's not forget the site crash that some of experienced when ordering on Black Friday early am. I wonder what they have done this year.

kenwallet

Broke Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 11:01a

I gave up, please don't spray me with pepper

OverRuled

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 11:01a

The best deal is copied and pasted here: $1.00 LED Sharp 70" 1080p 120Hz LED HDTV

Must be the LC-70LE640U or similar, it is a non-3D, 120 MHZ model, still a great price for this TV.Better not see any flickering at that frame rate!

nomonies

Senior Member

posted: Nov. 8, 2012 @ 11:24a

FINDMEDEALS2003 said: i sorry but i think any opening on thanksgiving is wrong they can at least leave one day for families to be together ..of course people on here will disagree but i think thanksgiving and christmas you can stay home and be with family

FINDMEDEALS2003 said: i sorry but i think any opening on thanksgiving is wrong they can at least leave one day for families to be together ..of course people on here will disagree but i think thanksgiving and christmas you can stay home and be with family

If you only spend time with your family on thanksgiving ...you fail

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mokiavelli

Member

posted: Dec. 26, 2012 @ 4:46p

Honeybobo said: what's the current price of mini ipad 2?

It's not in stores yet, but for the right price, I might be willing to get into my time machine and get you one.

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